Improvement in trunks



' Patented July 30,1872.

F. CRANE.

` Improvement in Trunks.

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IMPROVEMENT IN TRUNKS.

Specification forming part of LettersPatent No. 130,022, dated July 30, 1872.

Specication describing certain Improvements in Packing- Trunks,7 invented by FREDERICK CRANE, of Bloomfield, county of Essex, State of N ew Jersey.

This invention relates to that class of trunks known as packing-trunks, used for thestorage and transportation of clothing, furs, and other articles which require to be protected from injury by moths or other insects, dust, Svc.; and it consists 'in `constructing the trunk so that a thin band of rubber or other elastic dust, moth, Src. Y

ln the drawing referred to 'in this specication, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a trunk embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same.

Like letters refer to figures.

A and B represent, respectively, the outer shell of the cover and bottom of the trunk, and may be constructed in the ordinary manner. A and G represent the lining, which is made from cedar or other suitable aromatic wood. This ,linin g should befrom two-tenths (T26) to three-tenths (s) of an inch in thickness, tor if made of veneer it is liable to warp and peel oft', and quickly becomes inodorous, and consequently innocuous to insects. C represents a thin band of rubber or other elastic materialinterposed between and clamped like parts in the several by the outer shell B and the lining b. This band projects slightly above the edge of the trunk, occupying the position of a flange in trunks as often constructed. Then the trunk is closed the projecting portion of band U is folded down or compressed between the cover and the trunk proper, forming an elastic packing, which hermetically closes the receptacle. In the drawing the band C is represented as extending to the bottom of the trunk; but that is not necessary, as7 should it extend sufciently far down to be securely clamped, the' eli'ect intended will be produced.

I am aware 'that trunks have been lined with a vveneering of aromatic wood, applied l in the ordinary manner of veneering; but such lining is necessarily thin, soon loses its odor, and peels oit' after a limited time. I am also aware that grooves have been cut in the upper edge of the trunk for the reception of an India-rubber band; but this required a flange upon the lower side of the lid, so that when the lid was closed the flange would enter or press into the rubber band to seal the trunk. Y Therefore I do not claim atrunk having an aromatic veneer lining and provided with a rubber band contained within a recess to be sealed by means ofL a'tlanged lid; but,

Having clearly described my invention, I claim- A self-sealing packing-trunk, constructed by interposing and clamping a thin elastic band between the outer shell and the aromatic lining thereof, said band projecting above the edge of the trunk, as and for the purposes Witnesses:

S, S. WARD, HENRY CRANE.

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